Warriors, Knights open tourney with wins

ANCHORAGE — The Wasilla Warriors and Colony Knights each opened the 2010 T-Bird Classic with first-round wins at East Anchorage High School on Thursday.

Colony opened tourney play with a 49-39 win over the West Anchorage Eagles. Wasilla scored a 61-52 win over Northern Lights Conference rival Soldotna later in the day.

Palmer fell to Ketchikan 56-40 in other first-round action.

Freshman Mary Klapperich scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Knights past West and avenge an early-season loss to the Eagles. Klapperich’s older sister, Kaitlyn, added a dozen points in the victory.

Colony will face Ketchikan today at 5:45 p.m. in the semifinals.

Freshman Alexis Imoe scored 12 to lead Wasilla to the win over the Stars. Senior Carlee Naczi and junior Kelsey Cottle added 11 each for WHS.

The Warriors face tournament host East Anchorage tonight at 7 p.m.

Senior Shawna Thien scored a team-high seven points during the loss to Ketchikan.

The Moose will face West today at 2:15 p.m.

Wasilla 61, Soldotna 52

East T-Bird Classic

Thursday, East Anchorage High School

Soldotna 4-7-15-26—52

Wasilla 15-12-11-23—61

Soldotna — Skjold 15, Senette 12, Ackerman 9, Hardy 6, Dykstra 5, Forbes 3, Duke 2.

Wasilla — Imoe 12, Naczi 11, Cottle 11, Troisi 7, Nuss 6, Colegrove 4, Brown 3, Frizzelle 2, Apangolook 2, Dinkel 2, Bialka 1.

Colony 49, West Anchorage 39

East T-Bird Classic

Thursday, East Anchorage High School

Colony 15-7-14-13—49

West 8-14-10-7—39

Colony — M. Klapperich 17, Forstner 5, Hutchins 4, K. Klapperich 12, Bowker 8, Leigh 1, Brumbaugh 2.

West — Lavern-Tosi 9, Rennie 15, Nidoy 8, Kozloff 4, Harris-Grant 3.

Ketchikan 56, Palmer 40

East T-Bird Classic

Thursday, East Anchorage High School

Palmer 6-12-10-12—40

Ketchikan 20-10-16-10—56

Palmer — Venzke 4, LaMere 2, Brandenburg 2, Thein 7, Koehn 5, Blake 5, Neurnberg 4, Van Hoomisen 5, Whitfield 2, Houchen 2.

Ketchikan — Seirup 4, Reno 6, Blair 19, Patton 10, Edwardson 8, Greaves 2, Ortiz 4, Elliott 2, Doherty 1.

Boys basketball

Nanooks edge

Knights in first round

ANCHORAGE — Nome became the first Alaska program to beat Colony this season, scoring a 68-60 win over the Knights during the first round of the Alaska Prep Shootout at Dimond High School on Thursday.

Senior captain John Palmer scored a game-high 20 points in the loss. Senior Scott Herman added 15.

Mason Evans, one of three Nanooks in double figures, scored 16 for Nome.

The Knights fall back into the consolation round and will play Grace Christian today at 2:45 p.m.

Ravens slip

past Hawks

EIELSON — The Eielson Ravens edged Houston 57-56 in nonconfernce action on Eielson Air Force Base Thursday evening.